Notable Alumni of Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Arts and media

• Hal Hartley 1959–

  Independent film director and screenwriter

  Also attended: SUNY at Purchase College

• Walter Piston 1894–1976

  Composer and Harvard professor of music

  Also attended: Harvard University

• Katya Zamolodchikova 1982–

  Drag queen from RuPaul's Drag Race

• Albert Henry Munsell 1858–1918

  Painter and inventor of the Munsell color system

• Christian Marclay 1955–

  Visual artist and composer

• Nancy Haigh 1946–

  Set decorator and two-time Academy Award winner

• Beauford Delaney 1901–1979

  Modernist painter of the Harlem Renaissance

  Also attended: Harvard University

• William Wegman 1943–

  Artist known for photographing Weimaraner dogs

  Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Herbert Adams 1858–1945

  American sculptor

  Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Boardman Robinson 1876–1952

  Canadian-born American painter and illustrator

• Sean Murphy 1980–

  Comic book artist and creator of the Murphyverse

• Emo de Medeiros 1979–

  Beninese artist

• Ben Edlund 1968–

  Cartoonist and screenwriter, creator of The Tick

• Ambreen Butt 1969–

  Pakistani American artist known for paintings and prints

• Hermon Atkins MacNeil 1866–1947

  Sculptor who designed the Standing Liberty quarter

  Spouse: Carol Brooks MacNeil (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

• Jack Pierson 1960–

  Artist known for photographs and word sculptures

• María Magdalena Campos-Pons 1959–

  Cuban-born artist working in photography and performance

• Ranu Mukherjee 1966–

  Indian-American contemporary artist and educator

  Bachelor of Fine Arts · Painting · Class of 1988

• Muriel Cooper 1925–1994

  Designer, first design director of MIT Press

• Arne Glimcher 1938–

  Art dealer, film director and Pace Gallery founder

  Also attended: Boston University

• Tony Millionaire 1956–

  Cartoonist, creator of Maakies

• May Stevens 1924–2019

  Feminist artist, political activist and educator

  Also attended: Harvard University

• Lou Rogers 1879–1952

  Cartoonist, illustrator and political activist

• Jacqueline Casey 1927–1992

  Graphic designer known for MIT posters